The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's diabetes is a manifestation of his service-connected Dercum's disease.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors due to missing private medical records and to obtain an addendum opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's diabetes and his service-connected Dercum's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Dercum's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042772
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,861 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Dercum's disease and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as the evidence of record did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service or worsened by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and missing VA treatment records. The claims will be reconsidered with new evidence.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Dercum's disease and remanded the issue of service connection for seizure disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Dercum's disease, finding that the evidence does not support a finding of in-service onset or aggravation and that there is no direct link between the condition and military service.
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